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How to set up your business so you comply with Queensland’s health and safety laws.
If an injury or illness occursThe steps to take—from making sure people are safe to reporting injuries and making a claim.
Getting back to workThe steps involved in starting your recovery and getting you back to work.
Guide to health and safety lawsAn overview of the laws, how they fit together and what they require of employers and workers.
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Safe Work Month 2023
Safe Work Month is held nationally each year in October. But it’s not just about staying safe in October. Safer, healthier workplaces are for everyone, every day. Work Well 365 days a year and access our health, safety and return to work resources to help you.
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Mental Health Week
Mental Health Week, celebrated annually in October, promotes the importance of mental health and wellbeing and aims to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness.
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Quad bikes are Queensland farming’s biggest killer
More than 50 Queenslanders have been killed using quad bikes since 2011. Be a safer quad bike rider by following five simple steps: always wear a helmet, kids on kids’ bikes, don’t double, don’t overload, quad bike training.
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Ambassadors
Our safety ambassadors share their stories and increase awareness of the importance of mentally healthy workplaces and work health and safety.
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Construction sites urged to prepare for wild weather and summer shutdown
With the Bureau of Meteorology predicting severe weather driven by El Nino this summer, construction businesses across Queensland are encour...
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Piling contractor fined $40,000 after pressure explosion on Western Downs
A company pleaded guilty and was ordered to pay $40,000 after exploding aerosol cans caused a metal bar to strike and injure a worker on a p...
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Safety audit reveals manufacturing and spray-painting businesses failing to meet health and safety duties
All eleven businesses targeted during recent spray-painting inspections by Workplace Health and Safety Queensland were found to be breaching...
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Mentally healthy workplaces workshops 2023
Designed for managers and supervisors, you’ll be equipped with foundational skills to identify, assess and manage risks to psychological hea...
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Asbestos Awareness Week 2023
Asbestos Awareness Week promotes the importance of living and working safely with asbestos. We’re showing householders and tradies where asb...
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incident alert
Person electrocuted digging trench
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Four overhead powerline incidents involving plant and machinery
28 November 2023 -
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Worker’s foot injured in auger incident
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Operator killed in bulldozer rollover
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Worker injured while inflating truck tyre
6 November 2023